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Regulation of the activity of the human drug metabolizing enzyme arylamine N-acetyltransferase 1: role of genetic and non genetic factors.
Current pharmaceutical design - 1 Jan 2004
Rodrigues-Lima Fernando, Dupret Jean-Marie
Abstract excerpt
Human arylamine N-acetyltransferases 1 and 2 (NAT1 and NAT2) are polymorphic phase II xenobiotic-metabolising enzymes (XME) that acetylate arylamine compounds. They therefore play an important role in the detoxication and/or metabolic activation of certain therapeutic drugs, occupational chemicals and carcinogens. Although the use of the term "xenobiotic" implies that XME form a separate and distinct class of...
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